Skype helps home hemodialysis patients link up with health care providers. Print
BBC: "Without the Skype link, it would have been a case of getting him back to the hospital by helicopter, as it was we were able to talk him through dialysis," she said. Now problems which would have taken hours to solve are tackled over the web. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote In a rural area like Gwynedd it's not just the distances travelled for treatment but the time it takes” Ken Jones Ysbyty Gwynedd Kidney Patients Association "It gives the patients extra confidence and we still drive to see them once a month to make all the other checks, but it's with the trouble-shooting you gain," Ms Hirst-Williams said.

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